136 PUBLICATIONS OF SPENCER F. BAIRD. 



1873. Baird, Spencer F.— Contiuued. 



VI. Report of conference of the United States Commispioner with the commis- 

 sioners of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, held October 5, 1871. p. 125 

 VII. Draught of law proposed for the consideration of, and enactment by, the 



legislatures of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.. 132 



A bill to regulate the use of stationary apparatus in the capture of fish. . . 132 

 VJXl. Miscellaneous correspondence and communications on the subject of the 



sea-fisheries 135 



Letters 135 



Copy of memorial of citizens of Hyanuis, addressed to Congress, pray- 

 ing that laws may be passed prohibiting the use of fixed appa- 



latus for capturing fish 137 



IX. European authorities on the subject of regulating the fisheries by law 139 



On the fisheries of Naples, by Achille Coste 139 



On the possibility of exhausting the sea-flsheries, by James G. Bertram 141 



Extract from London Field 144 



Extract from the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire 

 into the sea-fisheries of the United Kingdom, presented to both 



houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty 145 



X. Notices in regard to the abundance of fish on the New England coast in 



former times 149 



XI. Statistics of fish and fisheries on the south shore of New England 173 



Table I. Amount of fish taken at Menemshaw Bight, Martha's Vineyard. 173 



Table 11. General return of the "Waquoit weir for 1871 174 



Table III. Return of dog-fish and blue-fish, at Waquoit weir, for seven 



years 175 



Table IV. Consolidated returns of alewivos, shad, menhaden, bass, blue- 

 fish, and dog-fish, at Waquoit weir, for thirteen years 170 



Table VI. Account of blue-fish caught with a line, by Josiah C. Pease, 



about Edgartown, Mass., 1865-71 177 



Table VII. Account of fish landed, at Baxter's wharf, Hyannis, in 1870 and 



1871 178 



Table Vm. Account of Austin Taylor, Hyannis, for 1870-1871 178 



Table IX. Account of Timothy Crooker, Hyannis, for 1867-1871 170 



Table X. Account of J. G. Loring, Hyannis, 1867-71 179 



Table XI. Shipment of fish by railroad from Hyannis, monthly, to New 



York, 1866-1871 179 



Table XII. Statement of fish caught at Wood's Hole, Mass., in 1872 180 



TableXIII. Catch of fish at West Falmouth Pound 181 



Table XIV. Date of first appearance of fish at the pounds and weirs on 



the south side of New England 181 



XU. Supplementary testimony and information relative to the condition of the 



fisheries on the south side of New England in 1872 182 



Notes taken by the Commissioner 183 



Newport, Rhode Island 183 



Wood's Hole, Mass 183 



New York 186 



Report of ViualN. Edwards 187 



Nantucket 187 



Edgartown 188 



Hyannis 190 



Martha's Vineyard 191 



Lamherst Cove 191 



Vineyard Haven 192 



Additional notes taken by the Commissioner 193 



XIII . Pleadings before the senate committee on fisheries of the Rhode Island 



legislature, at its January session of 1872 196 



Arguments of J. Talbot Pitman in favor of a law prohibiting the use of 



traps and pounds in Rhode Island 196 



Abstract of an address by Capt. Nathaniel E. Atwood, in opposition to 



legislation 223 



XIV. Natural history of some of the more Important food-fishes of the south 



shore of New England 228 



I. Thescup 228 



n. The blue-fish 235 



